EDGEWATER — If there is one place along the Front Range where the soccer academies didn’t wreak havoc, it was at Jefferson.

The Saints, who were oh-so-close to making one of their deepest playoffs runs in their history last season before bowing out to Kent Denver in penalty kicks in the second round, have played with the mantra of unfinished business all season.

On Tuesday at Jim Turner Field, coach Julio Ocana’s team did something no other team in the school’s history had done. The seventh-ranked Saints’ 5-1 victory over Bruce Randolph propelled them to their second consecutive league title in Class 3A Region 8.

“I think we played one of our best games of the season,” said Ocana, who team improved to 9-2-1 overall and 7-0 in the league. “I’m so glad that some of those players, that are at that elite level, chose to stay at the high school and not go for the soccer academies.”

One of those players was striker Jose Zubia. The senior co-captain had a field day in the second half against the Grizzlies.

After Bruce Randolph (9-2, 6-2) tied the match early in the second half on Ernesto Piedra Jara’s goal, Zubia and the Saints responded with a vengeance.

Zubia’s bagged his first goal just seven minutes after the Grizzlies equalized, making goalie Daniel Ruiz pay for coming too far out and trying to make a play.

“None of our players put their heads down after they tied it, we just kept going,” said Zubia, who has 13 goals this season.

Zubia got the second of his three goals on his own rebound after he banged his first shot off the post. He capped off the hat trick with a brilliant shot from range that beat Ruiz high far post.

Chris Armstrong and Estevan Delgado also scored for the Saints, who play Arrupe Jesuit on Saturday at Regis University.

Bruce Randolph won its first nine game of the season and has now dropped two in a row, including a double-overtime loss to Arrupe on Saturday.

“(Jefferson) is a good offensive team,” Grizzlies coach Matt Fockler said. “And good offensive teams score. They definitely did that.”

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Tyreek Hill didn’t know what to do when he started hearing thousands of people in Arrowhead Stadium chanting his name, even as he stood all alone on the frozen turf waiting for the punt.